Improvement in corn-planter



iintrd tant page een.

JOHN I. PATTON, OFTrFFINVoHro.

Lam Parent-N0. 93,116, camz 'July 27, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-ELANTER.

The Schedule referred to 1x1-these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ons I. PATTON, of Tiiimin the county of Seneca, and in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Planter; and do hereby declare that the folIowing isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, andv to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in they con-I struction and general arrangement of a corn-planter,

-als will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains, to make and use the same, I

will now proceed to describe its construction and op-4 is su orted u on two Ordinar drivinf-wheels in the' rear, and up a small guiding one in the front.

Attached to each side of the frame A are the plowshares B, which are placed near the front end, immediately in front or" 4where the grain drops from the grain-boxes.

At a short distance behind these two plows are two Scrapers, C, which follow after and cover the corn as rapidly as dropped. l

' Upon each side ofthe frame there is placed-a seedbox, D, into which the grain is placed preparatory to being planted.

In the bottom of each of these boxes there is placed a perforated valve, or slide, E, for measuring' the number of grains to each hill. This slide is so formed that the small holes in its ends. as seen in iig. 1, will oontain a'certain number of grains, and, in .sliding backward and forward, moves them over 4to a second opening, through the frame, where they fall through, on to the ground, in the furrow formed by the plowsh'ares.

Iivoted to the middle` of this slide E is the lever F, by means of which the slide is operated. This lever is secured, near its 1niddle, to the frame of the machine, and has itsother end secured to lthe vibrating bar G. e l i Attached to the side of one-of the wheels there are two cams, which operate the vibrating-bar, whereby motion .is Acommunicated to the slide E, through the lever F.

1i To one. of the cross-pieces of the frame there is attached a spring, H, which causes the lever to spring vback into place again, after being moved to one side by the bar.

A As the machine now is, it would be impossible to back it, as tlie cams are so formed that they catch against the end of the bar G. .In vorder to obviate this ditlonlty, the lever I has been provided, by means vof which this bar can'be raised high enough, so as to no longer catch o n the cams, either in moving forward` or backward, thus'enabling itv to be moved in either l direction.

It will benoticed that the slide E is slotted to a considerable distance at each end, the under end being shorter than theupper one.

The opening in the slide in the boxes will contain only enough corn for one hill, and as soon as the slide is moved far enough to one side, the opening in 4the slide drops the grain into a corresponding opening in the frame underneath, at the same time cutting off the corn from above.

Having thus described my invention,

What I cla-im, anddesire to -seoure by Letters Patent, isf- 1. The combination of thel slide E, lever F, and

spring H, all constructed and arranged to operate substantially in the manner` and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. The combinationv Aand arrangement of the seedboxes D D, slide E, plows B B, Scrapers C, levers F and I, vibrating bar G, and the cams upon the drivingfwheel, all constructed and operating substantiaily in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I haveheree unto 'set my hand, this 27th day of February, 1869. Witnesses: p JOHN I. PATTON.

GEo. S. YINGLING,

A. C. BARBER. 

